Concealed Carry Questions ...

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AlBundy

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I have some questions about carrying a pistol in my car and/or on me concealed. I am 19, so obviously I can't buy a pistol from an FFL and I also can't buy pistol ammo. I already own a .40 caliber pistol that my parents bought me but I can't get my CHL or buy ammo until I'm 19. Does anyone know if I'm allowed to have my loaded .40 in my glove box, in a snapped holster? If not, what about a black powder revolver? What about carrying the black powder revolver concealed, would I need a CHL for that? I'm just looking for some sort of loophole so that I can adequately protect myself until I'm 21. Any help would be appreciated.
 
I am not familiar with Florida law. You can call, visit, or write the local DA, or ask about the local Gun Club, and get a Florida gun law resource to find out some of your question.

Warning: Most DA's may not know anything about Blackpowder guns, if they are considered a firearm, etc...

You are old enough go to Iraq and get blown out of your shoes, but can't carry a handgun at home ... that is pathetic, and I am retired L.E.!
 
Tell me about it ... I guess I'll just call around tomorrow and find out. Hopefully I'll never need it but it would be nice just for peace of mind. I don't live in the best place and I look really young so I look like an easy target.
 
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Whoops, didn't know I posted in the wrong forum ... If a moderator could move it for me or let me know what I should do I would appreciate it. I've called 3 different PDs and got 3 different answers so I don't know what I should do at this point. I don't want to just have it and find out the hard way that I shouldn't have, but I also want to have something. Man, I can't wait until I'm 21 ...
 
I'm actually really interested in whether there are any modern cases of people using a blackpowder gun in a self-defense shooting, and what, if any, repercussions that had for them.
 
Start here, at subsection 5.

Looks like it needs to be encased and out of immediate reach of the driver.

To the best of my knowledge, Florida doesn't distinguish black powder pistols from other firearms when it comes to possession and carrying.
 
In NY state you can't even own a pistol under the age of 21. Just to go to the gun store and HANDLE a pistol you have to present your NYS pistol permit. I just went thru this today when checking out a S&W 9mm at my local gun shop. I was in there buying some ammo for my 380, which even that, buying pistol ammo, you need a pistol permit for.
 
I do know the BP answer. FL does not consider weapons manufactured prior to 1898 as being firearms.

Does that mean if you were to strap on a drop leg holster and an original Colt 1873 manufactured prior to 1898 you would not be stopped and questioned?

Oh you would be stopped, but you would not be breaking the law (assuming you could prove the manufacture date. I'm not positive how FL handles reproductions.
 
I'm just looking for some sort of loophole so that I can adequately protect myself until I'm 21. Any help would be appreciated.
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The loop hole you are looking for does not exist. CCW black powder will get you a felony and then all guns go by-by and to never own a firearm again.

Looks like it needs to be encased and out of immediate reach of the driver.
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In a container with a lid on it. Tupperware would work on the passenger seat as long as the lid was snapped on the container. Immediate reach is another INTERNET myth like the need for a holster with a thumb break in the glove compartment.

The law reads as long as the person can legally own the weapon then car carry in the state of Florida is legal as long as it is in a closed compartment, (glove box, center console, Tupperware container) Just remember the lid/door of the compartment must be closed/on in order to meet Florida statute law
 
Don P: That is not how the law reads: 790.001 definitions:

(1) antique firearms

(2) Concealed Firearm (Firearm defined below in (6)

(3) Concealed weapon....

(6) “Firearm” means any weapon (including a starter gun) which will, is designed to, or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive; the frame or receiver of any such weapon; any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; any destructive device; or any machine gun. The term “firearm” does not include an antique firearm unless the antique firearm is used in the commission of a crime.

Does this mean you will not be charged? No, it just means you are not breaking the law.

BTW: I was wrong, FL uses 1918, not 1898 like the Feds to define an "antique"
 
Does this mean you will not be charged? No, it just means you are not breaking the law.
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Isn't this statement contradicting itself? If you are breaking the law how can you be charged. Regardless of the opinions in this thread how many posters are willing to test the waters about CC'ing a black powder pistol without the permit? How much would it cost to beat the rap?
 
Thanks for all the replies guys. This whole thing is BS. No cop is going to tell me one way or the other so I'm just going to have to find out the hard way I guess. I can legally own a .40 but I can't buy the ammo for it so if I got stopped I'm sure that wouldn't go good if it's loaded, and it will be because otherwise I might as well just spray paint a bb gun. The black powder pistol seems to be a good idea but if I can just have my .40 I don't want to spend $200 for no reason. I don't really care about concealed carrying anything but I really do want a gun in my car. I just think that it's too dangerous now a days not too, especially where I live. I guess for now I'm screwed and I won't have anything and if something bad ever happens my dad can show the threads I've started on here and sue the living crap out of someone. I can go to Iraq, operate multi million dollar equipment, get shot at and possibly killed but I can't have a pistol in my car. Unbelievable.
 
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